Google Apps Hacks

304 GOOGLE APPS HACKS

achieved by unchecking the “Disable or replace context menus” box in Tools→Options→Content,

then clicking the Advanced button to the right of “Enable JavaScript,” as shown in Figure 11-33. (On

the Mac, click Firefox→Preferences instead of Tools→Options.)

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The Google logo, rendered as a sketch

You don’t need to restrict yourself to just architecture models, either. As the Google logo modeled by

Tyler shows in Figure 11-31, sketchy edges can look good on many models. (Note that this model, as

well as the previous one, were downloaded from the Google 3D Warehouse, which you can access

by selecting File→3D Warehouse→Get Models.)

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Get the best of both worlds by displaying Google Maps’ context

menu as well as your web browser’s context menu—but only one

at a time, as needed.

By default, when you right-click a Google Maps area in popular browsers, you will see a context

menu pop up, as shown in Figure 11-32. This context menu, showing entries like “Directions from

here” or “Zoom in,” is served by the web app—Google.com—and not the browser. The browser

context menu is instead disabled by Google.

However, sometimes you may want to keep the browser context menu. Not just in Google Maps,

but also other Google applications, like Google Docs. In that case, your browser may allow you to

prevent web sites from overriding the ...